MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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